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  1. im confused. should i go for bsn if employers prefer lpns?

    neutrophil replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Well I am an LVN, (same thing as a LPN), I am not going for my BSN, because it would take me too long. I will be 52 in December. But I am going to take pre reqs for my step up program to ADN. I am...

  2. Male nursing and needing chaperone

    neutrophil replied to Sirkraker's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am a male nurse. When I was a CNA working with registry, there was times that I was turned away from work once I got to the location because there was one patient who did not want a male taking...

  3. Are for-profit nursing schools(U of Phoenix, Chamberlain)good or bad?

    neutrophil replied to CNL2B's topic in General Students

    I am not sure if this question is about on line schools or private schools in general. I am an LVN, graduated from Kaplan College. Am very satisfied with the school. I work along with nurses from...

  4. How to get a good report from previous shift?

    neutrophil replied to Nurse_Tricia's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have no idea, I got report only about the problem patients, but when I read the log, there was a patient that was marked "stable." Hello, the patient had been dead for approximately a week. I was...

  5. Patient requesting to use adult briefs during colonoscopy, rather than cath?

    neutrophil replied to Pplexed's topic in General Nursing

    The patient was probably on NPO before the procedure, so probably nothing was going to come out. If it does it would only be urine. Put the brief on, if he or she goes, take the brief off, put...

  6. Making mistakes lowers my confidence at job-New Grad RN

    neutrophil replied to newsupernurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I started out in this field as a CMA, Certified Medication Aide. Not even a nurse, medicating up to 110 patients, (residents) per day. The first time I made a med error, I almost BM'd in my pants....

  7. Doc freakout

    neutrophil replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

    I come from the automotive business, Technician, service adviser, service manager, store manager. Bureaucracies are like that. I find the medical field even worse in this sort of thing. It will...

  8. juin 2010 nursing exam toronto

    neutrophil replied to mayouch's topic in General Students

    Hi, I am a new grad, well within the last seven months. I passed my NCLEX first time around as have others. My two cents worth is this. Know your physiology and patho, then you can figure the...

  9. difference between cardiac tamponade and pericarditis?

    neutrophil replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Cardiac tamponade is a definite build up of fluid. There is an approach to relieving that condition, one of which is through drainage by means of a catheter. Pericarditis, is an inflammation of the...

  10. Going from plumbing to nursing

    neutrophil replied to CareerChange2010's topic in Men in Nursing

    Go for it. I was in the automobile business first. Since High School I wanted to go into the medical field. Raising a family kept me out of school for a few years. When my kids got out of the...